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The 2018 Super Bowl is kicking off at 6:30 pm ET tonight (February 4), and the list of celebs who are performing is certainly star-studded.

Before the game starts, Tony winner and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will take the stage to perform “America the Beautiful.”

Grammy Award winner Pink will then sing the National Anthem at the game. Pink has unfortunately been battling the flu, and there are questions about the status of her health and her vocals ahead of the game due to the terrible illness.

Pink hits the stage for a pre-Super Bowl performance held during Nomadic Live! at The Armory on Friday night (February 2) in Minneapolis, Minn.

The 38-year-old singer will be singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this weekend and she’s pushing through with all her obligations despite having the flu!

“Trying to practice the flu away. I’ve been waiting to sing this song since 1991 when I saw my idol, Whitney Houston, own this song. And now, my chance has finally come. And it just so happens that this chance comes when I have two small Petri dish kids who literally cough INTO MY MOUTH and rub their snot on my cheek,” Pink wrote on Instagram along with a photo of her during rehearsal.

“You can’t write this stuff I swear! And here we are. I’ve arrived at another one of my dreams which is slowly becoming a sort of nightmare. I will tell you, this is one of the biggest honors of my life, singing this song in front of my family, my military family, my dad and brother and step mama and family and the world. And the EAGLES!?!?! I promise I will do my best, as I always do. As far as the gremlins that got me into this mess, you can cough at me for the rest of your lives. If it’s a contest, babies, you win,” Pink added.

The Recording Academy President Neil Portnow is receiving a ton of backlash after telling women to “step up” in response to the #GrammysSoMale controversy where most of the winners at the 2018 Grammys were men.

The 38-year-old musician took to her Twitter to respond to Neil‘s comments that women “who have the creativity in their hearts and souls” need to “step up.”

“Women in music don’t need to ‘step up’ – women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping aside,” Pink wrote in a handwritten note.

She added, “Women OWNED music this year. They’ve been KILLING IT. And every year before this. When we celebrate and honor the talent and accomplishments of women, and how much women STEP UP every year, and how much women STEP UP every year, against all odds, we show the next generation of women and girls and boys and men what it means to be equal, and what it looks like to be fair.”

“As a UNICEF Ambassador, I am proud to work with an organization that supports and empowers women and children around the world,” P!nk said in a statement. “In honor of this incredible organization, in honor of this video for ‘Wild Hearts’ and in honor of girls and woman all over the world standing up for themselves, I am going to be making a donation in all of your names to this wonderful organization and I encourage you to do the same if the spirit moves you.”

Join P!nk in supporting UNICEF’s global mission by making a donation today here!